Improved washing-machine



NATHANIEL Fr. nns'onor NewV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

Letters Patent No. 76,313, dated April 7, 1868; antedated ll/Im'elt 28, 1868.

IMPROVED WASHINGrMAGHINE.

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, Be it known that I, NAT-HAMEL T,- EDSON, of the city of New Orleans, in theparish of Orleans, and State' of Louisiana, have invented a new and'useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I dci hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference 'bcinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh- Figure ljrepresents a perspective view of my washing-machine, with its rubber or basket removed.

Figure 2 Vis a tcp view of the same, with the basket tilted to one side, showing the cranks a, the apronrounds I), the elastic straps c, the thumb-nut and screw d, the clamps e, the handle'f, the locks g, one of which is attached to each side'oithe machine; the collars 7i, the journal-box z, the basketends k, and basket-roundsj.

Figure 3 is a side sectional view, showing the end, 7c, of the basket and the slits Zinto which the projecting points m (fig. 6) entier whenv the cranks are attached. v v

Figure 4`is a top view of myE apron. I

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of a partv of the apron, showing the ring-joints n.

Figure 6 is an'enlarged view of the collar 7L, with its projecting point-s m,

Figure 7 is an enlarged view oi' the lock...

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in the diiierentgures.

My improvementsin washing-machines relate to that class of machines in which-suspended apronsare used in connection with cylindrical or semicircular rubbers.

Theprincipal objections to this class of washing-machines, as heretofore constructed, are that their aprons,4

beingonly partially suspended by springs, are deficient in elasticity; their slats or rounds, being parallel with the slats of'the rubber or basket, cause the clothes to clog and retard themotion of the rubber; their handle,

being supported by a single crank only, is deficient in strength'and position to be worked; their aprons beingcaught between the circle and the apron, and tornl whilst being operated upon.

'Ihe object of my improvements in this class of washing-machines is to overcome these diliculties and defects; and this I propose by suspending the apron with four elastic straps, c, connected te the ends of the machine; by constructing the apron and baskets so that. Atheir rounds will assume a diagonal position to each other; byuse of a double crank, to which the handle' for working the machine is attached; and b y use of the lock, fig. Y, by'which tearing. the clothes is avoided. y p f By reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that the nature of my invention for effecting this object consists in fastening the four elastic straps c to the ends of the' machine; then passing their other ends down and around the'outer rounds ot' the apron; then up and over the fastenedrends; then placing the clamp e againstA the strapse, and turning' the thumb-screwrl up against the clamps er Also, in making the apron of an even number of ropnds, and cutting the two central rounds, at opposite sides of the apron, as much shorter than the others as tlie thickness of the locks g, with the rounds set atsuch an angle as to bring the cut ends in the central part of' the machine. Also, in connecting two cranks a to the basket of the machine, by passing the round parts ofthe cranks into the journal-boxes e', andthcir square parte into the square openings of the collars 7L, and` through the-endsof the basket, and screwing nutsV upon therounded ends of the cranks against the basket-ends. Also, in forming thc lock, iig. 7, with two slots, whichlare intended to receive the uncut ends of the central apron-rounds, the'cut ends fitting the body of the lock between the slots.

v My apron, iig. 4, is formed of rounds b, and brass wire of a suitable size, with rings formed of such diami eter as will give the required'space between the rounds, thestraight part of the'wire having'been put through orifices formed in the round, and the end' of the wire which protrudes through the round is bent down over the adjoining ring, which is .placed against the roundl` to form a movable joint, and the same process continued until the apron is completed.

In operating my machine, I fill with water to cover the lower rounds of the basket. I then place the larger articles of clothes between the basket and apron; the smaller ones I place in the basket. `I then vibrate the heldv down from the rubber by segments`or circles attached to the sides of the nia-chine, whereby the clothes are single slot only will answer the purpose, and :idmit of an equ basket from sid'e to side of the machine, by which the-clothes under, the basket are wshed, and those inthe basket passedy through its larger openings, und are also Washed. Y

Having thus described my invention, I do not confine myself to lthe useV of two slots in the lock G, for :t

al length of the rounrls of the apron.' Nethedo I confine myself to the obl'guely-formed apron for the basket, for rubberen-'n be made with n 'wnd mntwst-that will piace. its rounds diagonally 'with the rounds of the regularly-formed apron.

What I claim asmy invention, and desire vto secure by Letters Patent, is-y 1. Thecombination of the apron, iig; 4, withthe elastic straps c, 2. The lock g, in combination with the apron, as specified. l i 3f The combination of the rubber or basket with the double crunk a a and collar IL, sp ecied.

NATHANIEL T. EDSONQr t Witnesses:

ISAACv T. HINTON, M. S. CUNNINGHAM.

the clamp e, and screw d, as specified.

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